Cops: Two charged in assault, robbery

Libor Jany

Updated 11:23 pm, Friday, March 29, 2013

DANBURY -- Danbury police have arrested two people in an incident in which a man assaulted a woman after being robbed at knifepoint, a department spokesman said.

The male suspect, Alexis Sandoval, 19, was charged with patronizing a prostitute and second-degree assault in the incident, which occurred on Thursday, Lt. Christian Carroccio said in a news release.

Police were initially called to the area of New Street about 11:45 p.m. for a report of a robbery. There they encountered Sandoval, who told the officers that he was approached earlier that night by two women on Spring Street, Carroccio said.

One of the women, later identified as Melissa Myers, 41, allegedly pulled out a small knife and cut Sandoval's throat and hands, Carroccio said. The women then allegedly took his money and fled.

Police said Myers, who was charged with second-degree robbery and second-degree assault, later gave officers a different account of the incident.

According to Carroccio, she told police Sandoval had solicited her unidentified friend for sex, but the other woman "stole his money and fled." When Sandoval discovered this, he allegedly became incensed and retaliated against Myers by attacking her with his fists and a vodka bottle, police said.